The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-08
For THE YOUNG FOLKS.
run Tor the Children-The Constitution
Training School for Boys and Girls.

MY DEAR CHILDREN: One of the girls IN
her letter said: aunt SUSIE do write and
give your experience at the exposition" Well,
chlluren, had so much experience that l
don't know how to give it, or where to begin.
IN my last letter told you how late was get
ting home one night and my family all thought
was lost, but that time was nothing to what
happened afterwards. I tell you there was
such big crowd that it was hard to get home
at all, but we all had great deal of fun and
although it rained and the mud was deep
everybody kept in a good humor and laughed
and Jol<ed and had a good time. There was
only one thing that kept me feeling kind of
sorry, and that was, that could not see all the
children that were here and were looking for
me. A gentleman said to me one day: "Did
you see fine looking man with two little
children that was looking for you?" and often
some one told me they met children that were
looking for me, but it was like "huntng for
needle in hay stack" and you know how
hard that would be- Whenever met a lady
or gentleman with some little children, felt
like telling them who 1 was, but L thought
they might say, "Well, who is Aunt Susie p |
never heard of her before;" and then YOU
know would have felt awfully cheap, so [
concluded it was best to keep silent. 1 wish
you could all have seen the beautiful fire
works, sky rockets, and bombs, and many fire
pieces that were very beautiful But l know
you want to hear about the president and wife.
Early Tuesday morning l went out to the
grounds and got good seat where | could see
the procession; we had to wait q long time but
ut last we saw the Governors Horse Guard
and we knew they were all coming then the
cannon began to fire and the bells to ring, and
we knew the first man and lady in all the land
We're about to make their appearance. After
the soldiers came n beautiful carriage drawn
by six white horses, each horse ornamented
with vines and flowers and the carriage bed
of roses and buds. On the back seat sat Presi-
dent Cleveland and his pretty wife. He is u
great big coarse looking man, but has fine
face. Mrs. Cleveland is very pretty bru-
nette. dark brown hair and eyes, and dark
skin, rather tall and well made; to look at her
when her face is in repose you would not think
her so very handsome, but she has one of those
sweet smiles that light up her whole face, and
when she looks at you and smiles, why you
fall in love with her right away. l met her
twice and had quite little chat with her and
found her just as pleasant as possible. Now
have told you about Mrs Cleveland, must
tell you of some of the pretty things l saw
There was great deal of nice work by the
took a premium for the best apron, and it was
beautifully made; no machine work, but the
lace sewed on byihand, and the hemming done
just as neatly as possible. Another little girl
took premium for her quilts; she had two,
ono made last year and one this year, and she
is only eight years old now they were beauti-
fully quilted and all her own work. 1 wish !
had her here to help me quilt mine. Then
another girl took premium for the best GRO
cheted edging; it made me think of you all,
and how l wished you could have seen the
crochet patterns; / believe there were nearly a
thousand, and crazy quilts, you never saw the
like before. / heard lady say sho looked at
crazy quilts until when she went to bed at
night whenever she shut her eyes she saw
crazy quilts and when she went to sleep She
dreamed of them all night. If I were to write
all night I could not tell you of half the pretty
things that were to be seen, but | viii tell you
of visit had from very intelligent lady
from Charleston, S. c., and a compliment she
paid you all. She was perfect stranger to
mo, but said she wanted to see "Aunt SUSIE"
and so came. She asked to see my scrap
book and admired it very much; then She
looked at the squares for my quilt and laid
each one out ON her lap and read the name Of
each little girl and said how pretty and neatly
they were made; then she asked about my
Bible, and said she thought my children had
improved very much in their letters and how
much interested she was in them. You don't
know how proud it made me feel. She asked
me what l thought the children would give me
next and l told her 1 did not know, but l
guessed they would like to give me a house
and lot if they could, which made her have a
good laugh. As the children say to me so
Often 81 know this letter is too lengthy" so
goodnight. Yours, "AUNT SUSIE" .